Brett, a church leader in Tennessee, pulled up to the unassuming farmhouse situated in the rolling hills of Tennessee with a box of winter supplies and clothes donated by local churches.
Southern Baptist volunteers with Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief have been called into action in the immediate aftermath of the deadly tornado outbreak in Oklahoma on April 27.
The WMU Foundation recently honored Cindy Walker with the esteemed Rosalie Hunt Devoted Patron Award at the Louisiana WMU State meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Destructive storms and tornadoes hit the Midwest damaging homes over the weekend. At least five people were killed in Oklahoma, and more than 100 injuries have been reported.
“We were just laymen helping to start a church in Franklin, Tennessee, when Gabe Norris and I realized just how hard it is for the Church in America to meet new people,” said Ken “KT” Thomas, president and co-founder of Connect Ministries.
As a boy growing up on a dairy farm in southeast Louisiana, I never dreamed that I would serve on the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention — much less be elected chairman, during what could arguably be …